Judicial Council Code of Judicial Administration - Utah Courts

Judicial Council Code of Judicial Administration

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Ch 1: Judicial Council Organization
Ch 2: Judicial Council Procedure
Ch 3: Administration of the Judiciary
Ch 4: Operation of the Courts
Ch 5: Appellate Court Operations
Ch 6: District Court Operations

Ch 7: Juvenile Court Operations
Ch 8: Circuit Court Operations [Repealed]
Ch 9: Justice Court Operations
Ch 10: Local Supplemental Rules
Appendices

The Utah Code of Judicial Administration Chapters 11-15 have been moved to the Supreme Court Rules of Professional Practice Chapters 1-5

Chapter 1 Judicial Council Organization.

Article 1. General Provisions

Article 2. Judicial Council Organization

Article 3. Boards of Judges

Chapter 2 Judicial Council Procedure.

Article 1.Council Meetings

Rule 2-101 Rules for the conduct of Council meetings.
Rule 2-102 Council agenda.
Rule 2-103 Open and closed Council meetings.
Rule 2-104 Minutes of Council meetings.
Rule 2-105 Referral to committee or Board.
Rule 2-106-01 REPEALED.
Rule 2-106-02 REPEALED.
Rule 2-106-03 REPEALED.
Rule 2-106-04 REPEALED.
Rule 2-106-05 REPEALED.

Article 2. Rulemaking Procedure

Chapter 3 Administration of the Judiciary.

Article 1. Judicial Office

Rule 3-101 Judicial performance standards.
Rule 3-102 Assumption of judicial office.
Rule 3-103 Administrative role of judges.
Rule 3-104 Presiding judges.
Rule 3-105 Administration of the Judiciary.
Rule 3-106 Legislative activities.
Rule 3-107 Executive branch policy initiatives.
Rule 3-108 Judicial assistance.
Rule 3-109 Ethics Advisory Committee.
Rule 3-110 Repealed and replaced with 2-106.01 through 2-106.05.
Rule 3-111 Performance evaluation of court commissioners.
Rule 3-111-01 REPEALED.
Rule 3-111-02 REPEALED.
Rule 3-111-03 REPEALED.
Rule 3-111-04 REPEALED.
Rule 3-111-05 REPEALED.
Rule 3-111-06 REPEALED.
Rule 3-112 REPEALED.
Rule 3-113 Senior judges.
Rule 3-114 Judicial outreach. (REPEALED)
Rule 3-115 Committee on resources for self-represented parties.
Rule 3-116 Pretrial Release and Supervision Committee. (REPEALED)
Rule 3-117 Committee on Court Forms

Article 2. Quasi-Judicial Officers

Rule 3-201 Court commissioners.
Rule 3-201.02 Court Commissioner Conduct Committee.
Rule 3-201.6 REPEALED.
Rule 3-202 Court referees prohibited.

Article 3.Non-Judicial Officers

Rule 3-301 Court administrators.
Rule 3-301.01 State Court Administrator - Complaints and Performance Review; Complaints Regarding Judicial Officers and State Court Employees.
Rule 3-302 Clerk of the Court.
Rule 3-303 Justice court staff and local government employees serving in the justice courts.
Rule 3-304 RENUMBERED AS Rule 5-203
Rule 3-304.01 REPEALED
Rule 3-305 RENUMBERED AS Rule 5-202
Rule 3-306 REPEALED
Rule 3-306.01 Language access definitions.
Rules 3-306.02 Language Access Committee.
Rule 3-306.03 Interpreter credentialing.
Rule 3-306.04 Interpreter appointment, payment, and fees.
Rule 3-306.05 REPEALED.
Rule 3-307 Court notaries.

Article 4. Administrative Services

Article 5. Judicial Personnel Policies

Chapter 4 Operation of the Courts.

Article 1. Calendar Management

Rule 4-101. Manner of appearance.
Rule 4-102. Case, calendar, and panel assignments.
Rule 4-103. Civil calendar management.
Rule 4-104. REPEALED.
Rule 4-105. Designation of arraignment area as courtroom.
Rule 4-106. REPEALED.
Rule 4-107. REPEALED
Rule 4-108. REPEALED.
Rule 4-109. REPEALED.
Rule 4-110. Transfer of juvenile cases from district and justice courts to the juvenile court.
Rule 4-111. Priority of post-conviction petitions in capital cases

Article 2. Court Records, Exhibits and Files

Article 3. Court Fees

Article 4. Internal Court Operations

Article 5. Civil Practice

Rule 4-501. REPEALED
Rule 4-502. REPEALED
Rule 4-503. Mandatory electronic filing.
Rule 4-504. REPEALED
Rule 4-505. REPEALED
Rule 4-505.01. REPEALED
Rule 4-506. REPEALED
Rule 4-507. REPEALED
Rule 4-508. Guidelines for ruling on a motion to waive fees.
Rule 4-509. Court-appointed parent coordinator.
Rule 4-510. REPEALED
Rule 4-510.01 Alternative dispute resolution definitions
Rule 4-510.02 Responsibilities of the Director and Administrative Office of the Courts.
Rule 4-510.03 Qualification of ADR providers.
Rule 4-510.04 ADR training.
Rule 4-510.05 Referral of civil actions.
Rule 4-510.06 Cases exempt from ADR rules.

Article 6. Criminal Practice

Rule 4-601. REPEALED
Rule 4-602. REPEALED
Rule 4-603. Mandatory electronic filing.
Rule 4-604. REPEALED
Rule 4-605. REPEALED
Rule 4-606. REPEALED
Rule 4-607. REPEALED
Rule 4-608. REPEALED
Rule 4-609. Procedure for obtaining fingerprints and Offense Tracking Numbers on defendants who have not been booked in jail.
Rule 4-610. Appointment of justice court judges to preside at first appearances, preliminary hearings and arraignments in felony cases.
Rule 4-611. REPEALED
Rule 4-612. REPEALED
Rule 4-613. Jail prisoner transportation.

Article 7. Parking, Traffic and Infraction Cases

Article 8. Small Claims Practice

Rule 4-801. Filing small claims cases.
Rule 4-802. REPEALED
Rule 4-803. REPEALED

Article 9. Domestic Relations and Juvenile Practice

Rule 4-901. Mandatory electronic filing in juvenile court.
Rule 4-902. Limited scope investigation of domestic issues.
Rule 4-903. Uniform custody evaluations.
Rule 4-904. Informal trial of support, custody and parent-time.
Rule 4-905. Restraint of minors in juvenile court.
Rule 4-906. Guardian ad litem program.
Rule 4-907. Parenting and divorce orientation courses.
Rule 4-908. Committee on Children and Family Law.
Rule 4-909. REPEALED
Rule 4-910. REPEALED
Rule 4-911. REPEALED
Rule 4-912. REPEALED
Rule 4-913. REPEALED

Chapter 5 Appellate Court Operations.

Article 1. General.

Rule 5-101. The Board of Appellate Court Judges.

Article 2. Court Operations

Chapter 6 District Court Operations.

Article 1. General

Article 2. Civil

Rule 6-201 Distribution of trust funds.

Article 3. Criminal

Rule 6-301 Authority of court commissioner as magistrate.
Rule 6-302 REPEALED
Rule 6-303 Collection of fines and restitution.
Rule 6-304 Grand jury panel.

Article 4. Domestic Relations

Rule 6-401 Domestic relations commissioners.
Rule 6-402 Records in domestic relations cases.
Rule 6-403 REPEALED
Rule 6-404 REPEALED
Rule 6-405 REPEALED
Rule 6-406 REPEALED
Rule 6-407 REPEALED

Article 5. Probate

Rule 6-501 Testing and reporting requirements for guardians and conservators.
Rule 6-502 REPEALED
Rule 6-503 REPEALED
Rule 6-504 REPEALED
Rule 6-505 REPEALED
Rule 6-506 Procedure for contested matters filed in the probate court.
Rule 6-507 Court visitors.

Article 6. Mental Health

Rule 6-601 Mental health commissioners.

Chapter 7 Juvenile Court Operations.

Article 1. Juvenile Court Administration

Article 2. Juvenile Court Records

Rule 7-201 REPEALED
Rule 7-202 Police access to computerized juvenile records.
Rule 7-203 REPEALED

Article 3. Internal Operations

Rule 7-301 Intake.
Rule 7-302 Court Reports Prepared for Delinquency Cases.
Rule 7-303 Truancy referrals.
Rule 7-304 Probation supervision.
Rule 7-305 Reviews.
Rule 7-306 REPEALED
Rule 7-307 Use of money in the restitution fund.
Rule 7-308 REPEALED.

Chapter 8 Circuit Court Operations [Repealed].

Article 1. General Provisions [Repealed]

Rule 8-101 REPEALED
Rule 8-102 REPEALED

Article 2. Civil Practice [Repealed]

Rule 8-201 REPEALED

Article 3. Criminal Practice [Repealed]

Rule 8-301 REPEALED

Chapter 9 Justice Court Operations.

Article 1. General Provisions

Article 2. Civil Practice. [Reserved.]

Article 3. Criminal Practice

Rule 9-301 REPEALED
Rule 9-302 Mandatory electronic filing.

Chapter 10 Local Supplemental Rules.

Article 1. District Court Rules

Second District

Rule 10-1-201 REPEALED
Rule 10-1-202 REPEALED
Rule 10-1-203 REPEALED

Third District

Rule 10-1-301 Probate.
Rule 10-1-302 Limits on fax filing.
Rule 10-1-303 Parent-time enforcement mediation.
Rule 10-1-304 Blanket bonds.
Rule 10-1-305 Mediation in small claim appeals.
Rule 10-1-306 REPEALED

Fourth District

Fifth District

Rule 10-1-501 REPEALED.

Sixth District

Rule 10-1-601 Central Utah Correctional Facility designated a public courtroom.
Rule 10-1-602 REPEALED.

Seventh District

Rule 10-1-701 Assignment of Judges

Eighth District

Rule 10-1-801 Fax filings.

Article 2. Juvenile Court Rules [Reserved]

Article 3. Circuit Court Rules [Renumbered]

Appendices

Appendix A. Justice Court Nominating Commissions Procedure Manual
Appendix B. Justice Court Standards
Appendix C. Uniform Fine Schedule
Appendix D. Utah Sentence and Release Guidelines
Appendix E. REPEALED
Appendix F. Utah State Courts Records Retention Schedule
Appendix G. Child Support Worksheets
Appendix H. Code Of Professional Responsibility For Court Interpreters
Appendix I. Summary of Classification of Court Records.
Appendix J. Ability-to-Pay Matrix.
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